Release notes for MBS Xojo Plugins 18.4 - 25th September 2018

See also the documentation on new items and Announcement in Blog.

• Added 40 new methods to NSColorMBS class for MacOS 10.14 Mojave.
• Added authorizationStatusForMediaType and requestAccessForMediaType methods for AVCaptureDeviceMBS class for MacOS 10.14 Mojave. For older MacOS versions we always report authorized.
• Added AVPlayerMBS Playing property.
• Added BitRotateMBS function.
• Added CancelAllCommands and Commands methods for SQLConnectionMBS and SQLDatabaseMBS clases.
• Added CATextLayerMBS class.
• Added CIDetectorMBS support to AVCaptureVideoDataOutputMBS to detect barcodes, faces or text.
• Added CNContactStoreMBS.CNErrorCodeRecordIdentifierInvalid constant.
• Added CNContactStoreMBS.groupsByName and CNContactStoreMBS.groupsForContact functions.
• Added CURLSMBS.DebugWithData property.
• Added DirectShowCaptureGraphBuilderMBS.SetupHighestResolution method.
• Added filter methods to NSViewMBS.
• Added GetEXIFOrientation and SetEXIFOrientation to GMImageMBS class.
• Added interactionNotAllowed, localizedCancelTitle and localizedReason to LAContextMBS class.
• Added Listen, Accept and Close methods to RAWSocketMBS class.
• Added ModuleName, Note and Version properties for GMCoderInfoMBS class.
• Added more convenience functions for Contacts classes: allContacts, AllFetchKeys, unifiedContactsMatchingPredicate, unifiedContactWithIdentifier, unifiedMeContact for CNContactStoreMBS class and new CNContactFetchRequestMBS constructor.
• Added more NSViewControllerMBS methods.
• Added more presets for AVAssetExportSessionMBS class.
• Added new optional MultiplyOnlyOver parameter for MultiplyUInt8MBS and MultiplyUInt16MBS.
• Added new query parameter for CURLSMBS.SetupAWS function.
• Added newer methods in AVAudioPlayerNodeMBS with callBack type parameter
• Added NSAppleScriptMBS.DeterminePermissionToAutomateTarget function.
• Added NSAttributedStringMBS.Convert_Operator method to convert to string.
• Added OverlayMBS.Draw event. If used, you need to draw everything yourself via CGContextMBS class.
• Added OverlayMBS.WindowsClassName property.
• Added PKeyMBS.Open methods.
• Added PrepareCIImage, PrepareJPEGData and PrepareNSImage to AVCaptureVideoDataOutputMBS class.
• Added RAWSocketMBS.AddressFamily and UDPSocketMBS.AddressFamily properties.
• Added S/Mime functions to OpenSSLMBS module.
• Added SetHeight and SetWidth methods, Height and Width properties to DirectShowMediaTypeMBS class.
• Added SQLParamMBS.Options and SQLFieldMBS.Options properties.
• Added WebUIDelegateMBS.ContextMenuItemsForElement event.
• Changed CMSampleBufferMBS to cache CVImageBufferMBS.
• Changed CURL functions to turn gzip decompression on by default and follow redirections.
• Changed CVImageBufferMBS to cache NSImageMBS and CGImageMBS objects and jpeg data Memoryblock.
• Changed DynaPDFMBS.CreateTable to automatically load font Helvetica, so you have a font defined, if you don't set one yourself.
• Changed DynaPDFMBS.Error event to not run in preemptive thread while MT method runs.
• Changed HotKeyMBS to not link to Carbon framework for use in Mac App Store.
• Changed ID used in code signatures to match the ID in the info.plist of the plugin dylibs for Mac App Store checks.
• Changed minFrameDuration and scaleFactor properties in AVCaptureScreenInputMBS class to be setable.
• Changed plugins to load LDAP framework dynamically instead of linking to it directly.
• Changed properties in XLAutoFilterMBS, XLBookMBS, XLFilterColumnMBS, XLFontMBS, XLFormatMBS and XLSheetMBS class to be visible in debugger.
• Changed RegisterMBSPlugin to ignore calls if you already registered before.
• Deprecated EnumHostFont functions in DynaPDFMBS in favor of newer GetSysFontInfos functions.
• Fixed a crash with calling Register function with invalid license key.
• Fixed bug in NSColorMBS with alpha channel from Xojo color.
• Fixed bug with DynaPDFMBS.GetSysFontInfo skipping one font.
• Fixed bugs in WindowsBlueToothSocketMBS.Accept function.
• Fixed crash in GMImageMBS for setting empty profiles to clear them.
• Fixed CURLSMBS.FormAddFile to include file name.
• Fixed font mapping in GraphicsMagick for Mac and Windows, so SVG convert better and GMImageMBS.Annotate can take font name instead of full path.
• Fixed memory leak in CVImageBufferMBS.NSImage function.
• Fixed NSColorMBS.colorValue for new colors on MacOS Mojave.
• Fixed problem with PNGStringToPictureMBS returning white picture in Xojo 2018r1.
• Fixed problem with registration where Win license didn't unlock DirectShow plugin part.
• Fixed problem with sample buffer in captureOutputDidOutputSampleBuffer event.
• Fixed text encoding for DynaPDFSysFontMBS.FilePath on Mac.
• Fixed UDPSocketMBS class constructor for IPv4.
• OS name is now reported as macOS instead of Mac OS X.
• Raised limit for JPEGMovieMBS class to make larger videos.
• Renamed videoCompositionWithPropertiesOfAsset in AVMutableVideoCompositionMBS class to mutableVideoCompositionWithPropertiesOfAsset.
• Started SceneKit plugin part with new SCNControlMBS control and new SCNGeometryMBS, SCNNodeMBS, SCNSceneMBS and SCNViewMBS classes.
• Updated CURL to version 7.61.1.
• Updated DynaPDF to version 4.0.23.61.
• Updated Growl Windows code to work better with 64-bit and TCP mode. WindowsGrowlMBS class is now cross platform.
• Updated LibXML2 to version 2.9.8.
• Updated SQLAPI to version 4.3.3.
• Updated SQLite to version 3.25.0.
• Updated to Xcode 9.4.
• Upgraded AVAudioNode classes to latest MacOS SDK.
• Upgraded MacNodeIDMBS, MacParentDirectoryIDMBS and MacResolveNodeIDMBS in folderitem class to use newer APIs which work for AFS volumes.

New in version 18.3   New in version 18.5

Release notes of all versions: Release notes and Announcement in Blog.